Nonlinear deformation of a ferrofluid droplet in a uniform magnetic field

• Main Authors: Zhu, Gui-Ping, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Huang, Xiaoyang, Ramanujan, Raju V.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94551; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7777
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper reports experimental and numerical results of the deformation of a ferrofluid droplet on a superhydrophobic surface under the effect of a uniform magnetic field. A water-based ferrofluid droplet surrounded by immiscible mineral oil was stretched by...